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Some very memorable visual observing experiences:
- tracing the full extent of the two-degree-scale HII region called RCW 108 (the 15 arcminute core of which is NGC 6188) in binoculars and in the telescope. It resembles a ghostly version of the Eta Carinae Nebula!
- seeing the brightest part of Barnard's Loop in 10x50 binoculars.
- under perfect conditions, with a high quality 10 inch Newt., when I saw, for the first time, the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud looking a lot like it does in photographs....seeing numerous extremely-closely-spaced and extremely-tiny stars all across the face of it.
- seeing the two primary spiral arms of M33 in 80mm binoculars
- seeing the semi-chaotic distribution of star clouds & HII regions all over the face of the SBd-type galaxy NGC 1313
- tracing the spiral arms, the bar structure, and the bar-encircling ring structure, in the giant low-surface-brightness galaxy NGC 6744
- observing dark nebulae at really high contrast, with Mark Suchting's 8 inch binoculars.
- first time I saw the arm asymmetry in the barred spirals NGC 2442 and NGC 1097
cheers,
madbadgalaxyman
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